Flowerpot holder



Patented Apr. 18, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FLOWERPOT HOLDER Joseph Rachic, Bessemer, Pa.

Application November 4, 1946, Serial No. 707,675

1 Claim.

"This invention relates to a bracket for supporting a flower pot adjacent a window, so that the rays of the sun entering the window may strike the plants in the pot.

An object of the invention is to provide a bracket that will support a flower pot of any size, thereby eliminating the use of conventional flower stands that have to be moved every time the room is cleaned.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bracket that is decorative, durable and efficient in use, and a bracket to which a pot may be easily mounted or removed therefrom.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention consists of the novel details of construction, arrangement and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of an embodiment of the invention partly in section, holding a flower pot in fixed relation thereto;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view showing the locking means of the device in position to have the flower pot removed;

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the device and Figure 4 is a front view of the locking means.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, the reference numeral I designates the bracket generally, which comprises the main body portion I I, having a scroll shaped lower end I2 which is adapted to engage the wall or window frame I3.

The body portion has the scroll shaped end I4 01 the arm I5 formed integral therewith, adjacent the upper end of the body, and the arm extending in a horizontal plane from the body has the perforated flattened end I6 for securing the arm to the bottom of the sill I! by fasteners I8. The relation of the plane of the arm to the plane of the body I I is such that the body will support a pot IS on the curved flange formed at the upper end of the body in a vertical plane with relation to the horizontal plane of the arm I5.

The end of the body above the flange 20 forms :a vertical stop 2| which engages the flange 22 of the pot I! to retain the pot in the above men- ;tioned position, and a catch 23 is provided with a hooked end 24 to engage over the rim of the pot to firmly retain the pot on the flange 20.

The catch 23 has a bifurcated lower end 25 which straddles the body I I and a pin 26 mounted in the eiongated slot 2! in the body rearwardly of the flange 20 pivotally and slidably mounts the end 25 of the catch 23 on the body.

In use, the bracket is secured as described, and the pot is positioned thereon as shown in Figure 2, when the catch is moved into the position as shown in Figure 1 to firmly retain and support the pot on the bracket.

It is believed that the construction and operation of the holder will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, arrangement and combination of parts may be resorted to, provided they fall within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

A device of the character described, comprising a supporting body having a scroll shaped lower end, an arm having a scroll shaped forward end which is secured to the body to retain the body at an angle with relation to a vertical plane, a curved flange on the upper end of said body for supporting a flower pot thereon, an elongated slot in the upper end of the body, a latch member, a pin carried by said latch member receivable in the slot in the body to slidably retain the latch on the body and a hooked end on the latch engaging the rim of the flower pot for locking the rim of said pot on said curved flange.

JOSEPH RAGHIC.

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